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NewsletterNewsletterNewsletterNewsletter June - September 2019
Cileide and team are looking forward to seeing you at your brand new salon on Florence Park Road.
Hello! Florence Park Newsletter is put together and delivered 3 x year by Flo Park neighbours. Next newsletter deadline is 18.9.19, with delivery in early October. Contact Jane: E: [email protected]; T: 07980 588494.
Florence Park Community Centre and Flo’s - The Place in the Park are open to everyone, with lots of great things going on and rooms to hire. See inside this newsletter for more info. Join their mailing lists to keep in touch with updates.
Community Centre - E: [email protected]; T: 07864 028591; www.florenceparkcommunitycentre.org.uk Flo’s - The Place in the Park - E: [email protected]; T: 01865 587611; www.flosoxford.org.uk
Hedgehog
Rescue!
see p3
Where’s this new sun spot
in the Flo Park area?
Find out on p2
inside...
Award for
local
resident!
see p3
...lots of new things happening in our area,
including the brand new FLO’S REFILL SHOP,
plus lots of news, events, local services and more.
see p3
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Florence Park Players present
Summer Shorts
An evening of new plays written and performed by local talent. This exciting new event will take place in the lovely new Florence Park Community Centre garden. Four short plays about friendship, loss, murder and peacocks! Come along and enjoy an evening’s entertainment in the summer twilight.
12th and 13th July 7.30pm Tickets: £5 adult, £3 child.
Things are changing at your bar in F lo rence Park Commun i t y Cen t r e on Cornwallis Road - it’s now wholly managed by staff and v o l u n t e e r s f r om o u r community and it is there for you. Recently redecorated inside and with a wonderful new garden space to hang out and relax in. Come and join us for a welcoming atmosphere
(not to mention the noticeably reasonable prices). Thank you to Sue, Mick and the rest of the previous committee for their hard work in running the club.
Look out for news on events on our new Social Pub page
on the community centre website or come along to try your hand at darts and other games. It's eyes down for bingo every Thursday from 7.30pm (see p6) and we’ll soon be staging our own Aunt Sally ‘beginners tournament’ - drop in to sign up and indulge in a quintessentially Oxfordshire tradition. We are here for you; your bar run by your Social Club, this is your new Social Pub.
Find us online at www.florenceparkcommunitycentre.org.uk/
the-social-pub
Florence Park Social Club becomes… The Social Pub
New - Garden Events at Florence Park Community Centre
**Family Fiesta in the Garden** Saturday 27th July, midday until after the sun goes down. Games, Aunt Sally, Music, Food and Social Pub
bar open.
**Garden Social** Friday June 7th and Friday July 5th, from 6.30pm til after dark, join us for a relaxed night in the garden. The Social Pub will be open for drinks and the Oxfordshire Pizza Company will be serving freshly made pizzas.
This issue:
Caroline Raine
(Who’s next? Contact Jane, see p1.)
I moved to Florence Park in 1986 to live with my partner Richard and his daughter Emily. When Emily was nine she went to Donnington Middle School in Cornwal l is Road and i t ’s interesting to think that the school is now Isis Care and Retirement
Centre and the old playground has been put to good use as the City Farm.
When I first lived here the Grove Cranes factory site was yet to become the John Allen Centre (now Templars Shopping Park) and the Cowley Centre was a wind tunnel without a roof, yet to be transformed into the more attractive Templars Square. Not much of interest seemed to happen locally but I did love the park with its beautiful trees and Florence Park Road with its colourful flower beds cut into the grass verges, long since the victim of public spending cuts.
I worked for many years as a trade union organiser which was very rewarding but involved long hours and lots of travel. I have
always been active in political campaigns and international solidarity work too which meant many evening meetings. So I didn’t have much time to notice what was happening in my community.
But that has all changed now because I recently retired from full time work and have discovered a transformed area to enjoy: the park as beautiful as ever, delicious lunches and teas at Flo’s café, a warm welcome at the Jolly Postboys, events at Elder Stubbs and the City Farm, and an en l i v ened F l o r en ce Pa r k Community Centre where I am lucky enough to now work in the Social Pub bar - a great way of getting to know my neighbours. (But I do still miss those flower beds in Florence Park Road!)
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Florence Park resident Lucy (age 3 and a half) enjoys the Florence Park Newsletter!
Certificate of Honour The Lord Mayor presented Florence Park
resident Viv Peto with the Oxford Certificate
of Honour Award
for her exceptional
voluntary work.
Viv was put
forward by other
members of the
Florence Park
C o m m u n i t y
Association (FPCA)
to acknowledge
and thank her for
her tireless energy
and commitment
to community events. She joined the board
of trustees 6 years ago, serving as Treasurer
for three years, and playing a central role in
reviving the Centre so that it is now a
thriving hub. She helped to organise the
“Over 60s Club,” and was instrumental in
starting the Florence Park Players and the
annual pantomime, which she has produce
for four years, and has raised thousands of
pounds to support the community centre’s
work. She is also involved in all sort of other
initiatives. Her work with the FPCA has
continued a lifelong commitment to
community involvement and volunteering.
Well done and thank you Viv, we think you
are amazing!
Hedgehog Rescue! Hedgehogs are nocturnal, so if you see one out
in the daytime the chances are something is
wrong. I got a knock on the door from a friend
who had just seen a crowd of eager children
peering over the fence in Flo’s in the Park
nursery at a very lethargic hog. To the rescue!
The poor animal was very much in need of some
attention - so I scooped up into a cardboard box
and carried it gently home, pausing briefly to get
my lovely neighbour Zoe to snap a photo! The
hedgehog is now being cared for by Little Foxes
- 01844 279469.
The good news from this is - there are
hedgehogs in Florence Park! So there is all the
more reason to make sure your garden is
accessible - that there is a hedgehog-sized hole
in the bottom of your fence - just 13cm, the size
of a CD case, will do. If you need help making a
hole, drop me a line and I will see what I can do.
www.hedgeox.org Hugh Warwick
A few residents have started a traffic group to improve the liveability of our estate. The immediate concern is the Littlehay / Rymers junction. We are also interested in the 'low-traffic neighbourhood' concept of Waltham Forest (https://bit.ly/2BHxFdo). On 7th May, 50 people gathered for a first public meeting (summary: co-cafe.org/blog). We plan to hold another meeting in September after conducting street interviews, research and another trip to Waltham Forest over the summer. Let us know if you would like to come.
Contact [email protected] for more information or to get involved.
Check out our website
for all the latest info:
www.oxfordcityfarm.org.uk/
So much going on at...
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LEAF NEWS
LEAF (Local Environmental Action Florence Park) has been very busy.
Contact us to find out more.
Email: [email protected]; Twitter- @LFloPark; Facebook - LEAFlorencePark
Mindfulness meditation group for parents of babies and toddlers.
We meet every second
Sunday in a
private home
in Florence
Park. Children
also warmly
welcome. For more info:
CAKES NEEDED! Could you make a cake or biscuits every now and again for Florence Park Baby
Coffee Group? (It’s called “Cake Club” by the 25-30 appreciative mums and dads who come each week!) It would be great to add you to the cake rota. We run on Thursdays in term time. Please contact Jane on 07980 588494 or [email protected]
BIG THANKS!
We put up 12
swift boxes in
the area to
help this
endangered
bird.
We had a great Hedgehog Bake Off
and Fancy Dress Party. We learned
about how to help hedgehogs and
ate delicious cakes. This winner is
from Mim Saxl. Also we & helpers
leafletted all the houses in the area
and got 2 new hedgehog homes
with funding from the City Council.
We are working
with Naturehood
and volunteers to
prepare a bed in
the park for plants
to help wildlife.
We shared ways we
can act now on
climate change.
Including food,
money, transport,
saving energy in the
home, getting
involved and
children's action. Future plans - working with Cosy Homes
Oxfordshire & Retrofit Works to help people
make their houses more energy efficient, and
other plans to combat climate change.
The Naturehood project has launched! Are you interested in discovering more about the wildlife in your garden? Sign up to Naturehood and start exploring. Our surveys are designed to be quick and accessible so don’t worry if you’re a bit of a nature novice, our identification guides will help you to record the wildlife that you see. Visit https://naturehood.uk to find out more.
We want to learn more about the wildlife in the private green spaces around the Florence Park area so that the community can act for wildlife and build a Naturehood where
both wildlife and people can thrive. Would you like to see more pollinators, or open up your garden to our wonderful spiky hedgehogs? From a window box to a garden or allotment, we have something you can do.
Keep an eye on our social media for upcoming events, and come to our stand at FloFest on 22nd June for some family-friendly nature activities. Join the local Facebook g r o u p h t t p s : / / www . f a c e b o o k . c om / g r o up s /NaturehoodFlorencePark/ and follow us on Twitter @Naturehood_Ox. We would love to hear what you have been up to and see photos of the wildlife you find. Chloë Dalglish Naturehood Oxford Community Engagement Officer [email protected]; https://naturehood.uk
Photo: John Hunt
Florence Park (and beyond)
Women’s Networking Group
Following on from our fabulous first event, women’s networking evening number two is all set for Friday 28th June from 7.00pm. Free entry. All women are welcome, come alone or bring a friend, it’s very friendly, just turn up. There'll be lovely food again and drinks from the bar, and a whole load more 5-minute talks from inspiring women speakers. If you want to do a 5-minute talk, do get in touch. Find us on Facebook. Can't wait to see you all (and more of you). Stella Bell
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Friendly team of
dentists offering
both NHS &
private treatment.
Located at the traffic lights at the junction of
Church Cowley Road and Iffley Road. Under
18s treated FREE. Free parking & bike stand.
Call 01865 777648
Waiting for the rhubarb
to grow in The Edible
Garden in Florence Park
The Peace Tree This beautiful blossom tree is the
Florence Park Peace Tree, planted by
Oxford CND in 2005. It is very fittingly
situated at the beginning of our
wonderful Edible Garden near the
Campbell Road entrance of the park.
The tree commemorates the 222,000
people, mostly civilians, who died as a
result of the US, with the consent of
the UK, detonating 2 nuclear bombs over the Japanese cities of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 6th and 9th of August 1945. This
year will be the 74th anniversary of this attack. Every time we
visit the park we remember how lucky we are that we can enjoy
the fruits of our Edible Garden. Avril Alexander Oxford Urban Wildlife Group (Boundary Brook Nature Park)
AGM Wednesday 12 June at 8.30pm at Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, OX4 3NH
It’s been a busy year and we’ve made amazing progress to revitalise Boundary Brook Nature Park. Do join our AGM to hear what we’ve done this year, share ideas for the future of Boundary Brook Nature Park and elect trustees for 2019/20. We need more members to stand as trustees and to help run the group. Please contact the Chair (Jens Evans) on 07905 185790 or at [email protected] if you would like more info.
We will run events throughout the year at Boundary Brook Nature Park aimed at local families and wildlife enthusiasts. Visit our website at www.ouwg.org.uk for event listings and membership details.
I do party & bridal makeovers. I also have my own Lipstick line
called InspiredBySomia in 3 different shades.
Find me on: Facebook: Somia.rehman.73
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Makeup Artist based in OxfordMakeup Artist based in OxfordMakeup Artist based in OxfordMakeup Artist based in Oxford Florence Park designer-maker starts new furniture company!
(Also does commissions). www.peggfurniture.co.uk
Loft conversion? Renovations? Florence Park
houses have lovely timber roof beams and delightful original doors. Please ask your builder to not saw up and throw them away and instead donate to RAW Workshop / Oxford Wood
Recycling (or email me at [email protected])
(see
back page)
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Iffley Film Nights
After last year's successful
French Film Weekend, we will
be having a European Film
Weekend 13-15 September. For
info or to go on our mailing list,
contact us at:
Our next community film is:
Faces, Places on Tuesday 25
June directed by the pioneering
Agnes Varda, who died in March
this year. £5 tickets (including
refreshments) can be booked via
email:
Our July film will be Flame with
the director Ingrid Sinclair who
will introduce this Zimbabwean
film and do Q&A.
7.00 for 7.30pm.
Iffley Church Hall,
Church Way, OX4 4EG
The Elder Stubbs Recovery Group shop
(on Rymers Lane opposite Florence Park) is open:
Monday to FridayMonday to FridayMonday to FridayMonday to Friday 10.00am 10.00am 10.00am 10.00am ---- 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm
We sell seeds, vegetable and herb plants, recycled tools, bug hotels, bird boxes, our own rare varieties of apple juice, elderflower cordial, jams, marmalade and much
more.
Please pay us a visit!Please pay us a visit!Please pay us a visit!Please pay us a visit!
daisydaisyoxford
Unique & bespoke upcycled furniture
Commissions also taken
Check me out on my Facebook page: @daisydaisy84
or email me: [email protected]
Florence Park Services Listings Free listings for Florence Park services and residents. (A listing here does not necessarily constitute a recommendation.)
• HANDYMAN, local service, all kinds
of jobs including flooring, furniture assembly, home repairs, fence erecting, decorating, etc. Tel Robert on 07885 707736.
• Harry Potter meets Alice in
Wonderland Oxford tours. www.VisitOxfordTours.com, 07955 482637.
• PAVITRA Delicious Raw Honey and other
Beekeeping Products. Special Offer for our local community. Visit the website: www.pavitra.co.uk or contact [email protected].
• PUT YOUR STORY INTO SPACE! with Fiction
Architects. House extension design. Local to Florence Park. Contact: 07712 130735 or email: [email protected].
• Residential cleaner, also does laundry and
ironing. Contact Angelica 07749 935130.
• SW Digital TV Aerial, Satellite & CCTV Services.
www.swdigital.org.uk; [email protected]; 07971 339052.
Handyman Local service, all kinds of jobs including flooring, furniture assembly, home repairs and decoration, fence erecting etc. Please contact Robert on 07885 707736.
MOUSEHOLE! Gorgeous old Cornish seaside village. Spacious house,
sea-view balcony, 100 metres from
picturesque beach & harbour. Wifi, books, games, DVDs. Lots of places to
eat. Sleeps 6 in 3 rooms; annexe sleeps extra 2. Discounts for small groups/short stays
outside main holidays.
www.carolinecottage.com and FB: carolinecottagemousehole.
Fancy doing a ‘Window Wanderland’ in Florence Park area in winter? It’s where people who want to decorate their windows over a weekend and we can all wander around being cheered up by the colour and light. Look out for more info in the next issue.
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Acupuncture Clinic: Tuesdays 11am-2pm and 4-7pm. Group sessions £16.50. For more information contact: [email protected]; www.holistic-health.org.uk/. Baby Coffee Group (“Cake Club”): Thursdays in term-time, drop in any time 10.30-12.30. For parents/carers with bumps & babies (before mobile). Fresh coffee and tea, homemade cakes, free, donations welcome. Call Jane 07980 588494 or find us on Fb. NEW!! Baby Yoga: Mondays 10.15am-12.15pm. Sara Barker's Birthlight Oxford & Hands on Family Health. www.birthlight.com. Starts 3rd June Book Club: 3rd Monday of the month, 7.30pm Florence Park Community Café: Now every LAST Saturday of the month, 11am-2pm. Delicious home-cooked food, cakes, fresh coffee and meet neighbours Flower Club: Every 4th Monday of the month, 8pm. Friends of Flo Park: E: [email protected] Humpty Dumpty Music Club: Music Club for 0-4yrs. Tues 10.30-11.15am. Drop-in. £3.50, £1 siblings. Emily Marshall: [email protected] or 07969 522368. Kids’ Martial Arts: Wednesdays 6-7pm. £3.50/lesson, first lesson free. Age 6+. Matt: 07790 180137. Over 60s Lunch Club: Fridays 12-2pm. Please get in touch, we are now at capacity and operating a waiting list. Tel: 07864 028591; [email protected]. Oxford Maternity Library: 3rd Saturday of the Month 9am-3pm. See facebook page for details: www.facebook.com/oxfordmaternityclothes library/ Pilates with Jane Callaway: Fridays 9.30-10.30am. Booking essential. [email protected] Singin’ Women: Every 1st Sat/month, 3-5pm, £6. Just drop in. Contact Emily Marshall: 07969 522368 or [email protected] T'ai Chi: Thursdays 5.45-6.45pm. With Anne Mackintosh. Cost: £8 (£6 members) per session or £35 (£25) for five. First session free. Contact Anne: [email protected]; 01865 714849; www.taichi-in-oxford.co.uk NEW!! MAMA YOGA For Mums: Sundays monthly 4.30-5.30pm; Dates: 9th June, 14th July, 18th August www.pranayogaoxford.com/ NEW!! Youth Club: Fridays in term-time 3.30-5.30pm. For young people aged 10-16 years old. Contact: Olivia/ Leonard 01865 252728; [email protected] Zumba Gold: Wednesdays 11am-12pm. Low impact class for everybody including active older adults, those recovering from injury/illness, total beginners, pre/post-natal. Contact: Maz call 07773 651154 or [email protected] or on Fb www.facebook.com/ZumbaWithMazOxford/
Please check class/event is running; details correct at time of printing.
Cornwallis Road, OX4 3NH
(across from care home)
EatEatEat WorkWorkWork PlayPlayPlay
LearnLearnLearn MeetMeetMeet
· The FLO Café· The FLO Café· The FLO Café · Flo’s Nursery· Flo’s Nursery· Flo’s Nursery
· Midwives· Midwives· Midwives · Community · Community · Community
SpaceSpaceSpace · Room Hire· Room Hire· Room Hire
· Events· Events· Events
HALL AND ROOM HIRE AVAILABLE - GET IN TOUCH E: [email protected]; T: 07864 028591; www.florenceparkcommunitycentre.org.uk
******EXCITING NEWS: EXCITING NEWS: EXCITING NEWS: Flo's Refill Shop is here!!Flo's Refill Shop is here!!Flo's Refill Shop is here!!****** Buy local, reduce plastic waste, support a great
community cause. Opening Sat 8th June at 12.30 then 12:30-5.00pm every Wednesday and Saturday
Special events coming up at Flo's:Special events coming up at Flo's:Special events coming up at Flo's: - 14th July: Flo's Sports Day, 3-6pm **with taster
sessions from local sports clubs!**
- 16th August: Flo's Summer Party, 5-8pm **with a
pizza oven and live music**
- 21st of September: Flo's 1st birthday! and AGM - 28th September: Once Upon a Park: Children's
poetry event with the Oxford Poetry Library
- 29th October: Harvest supper fundraising dinner
Join our mailing list and see full details of all events on our website - visit www.flosoxford.org.uk.
Regular events at Flo's:Regular events at Flo's:Regular events at Flo's: Teach Green - Environmental kids club: Free, fun play & learning for children aged between 7-11!
Run by volunteers from the University, Tues 4-5pm
Mama Meet - every third Monday of the month,
12.30-2pm. Free to attend. Bring your own lunch or
buy it in The FLO cafe. A chance to meet other local
parents for friendly chat and lunch. Children's board game group: Could you help to run
the children's board game group? Our volunteer
recently left Oxford, so we're on the look out for
parents who may want to continue this group.
Generally one weekday after school 3.30-4.30pm
News from the midwives and cafe and nursery:News from the midwives and cafe and nursery:News from the midwives and cafe and nursery: Flo's community space is open and free to use by individuals and groups any time during the day till
5pm. Get in touch to see if your group could meet -
email [email protected]
The Isis Community Midwives continue to see
expectant and new mothers at Flo's with lots of new
clinics taking place in the clinic room. They have also been running several parenting groups from Flo's,
including for mothers with little English.
Flo's Nature Nursery is alive and kicking! We've been
having lots of fun in the garden recently celebrating
the spring time and starting to go on trips. More
details: www.flosoxford.org.uk/nursery
The FLO Cafe is open from 9am-5pm weekdays and 10am-5pm on weekends. We have ice cream now, as
well as small plate menu, salads, cakes and lots of
outdoor seating. www.flosoxford.org.uk/café
01865 587611 | [email protected] | www.flosoxford.org.uk
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